The Deadline to Submit Award Nominations is 5 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2025. Do you know an individual or group in our community whose outstanding volunteer efforts and unwavering commitment to making a positive impact on the lives of others? Dare County invites you to recognize the exceptional dedication of local volunteers who go […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA Pet of the Week, Aria
Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
Thanksgiving Pie and Bake Sale set for Nov. 27
On Wednesday November 27, 10 am til noon (or sold out), the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Civic Association will hold its annual Pie and Bake Sale at the RWS Community Building in Rodanthe (across from Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station, 23646 NC Hwy 12). From savory to sweet, quiches and treats, a variety of baked goods, breads, and pies will […]
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Upcoming fundraising events on Ocracoke Island
From OcracokeObserver.com Fish-fry fundraisers help those in need Ocracoke Islanders love to do fish-fry fund raisers for those in need. The locals rally and use the cook shack behind the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department to cook and prepare fresh fried fish, hush puppies, coleslaw and sometimes potato salad. Also for sale at these events could […]
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Food Lion acknowledges they were hit by cyberattack
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The parent company of the Outer Banks area’s largest grocery store chain acknowledged on Monday that some of their systems were hit by a cyberattack. However, exact details of the hack of Food Lion’s systems have not been disclosed, or the possible impacts to customers. Ahold Delhaize USA, which owns and operates Food […]
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Hunter Burton Hogan-Schaible
Hunter Burton Hogan-Schaible of Indialantic, FL, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2024, following a lifelong battle with heart disease. He was born in Norfolk, VA, on April 5, 2000. Hunter is missed by his immediate surviving family, which includes his father, Robert A Schaible of Nags Head, NC; his mother, Mary Harmon Hogan-Schaible of […]
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Island History: A spotlight on stories from the Outer Banks’ Life-Saving Service
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations until the end of 2024, to celebrate and mark this […]
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Commentary: Veterans Day – an Outer Banks perspective
Veterans Day, (originally known as Armistice Day), is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11 to honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. According to Wikipedia, “Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of […]
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State coastal commission to meet in Ocean Isle Beach Nov. 13-14; Coastal Resources Advisory Council to meet Nov. 13
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will meet Nov. 13- 14 at the Ocean Isle Beach Town Hall, 111 Causeway Dr., Ocean Isle Beach. The public may attend the CRC meeting in-person or watch online. The regular business meeting of the CRC will begin at 3 p.m. on Nov. 13 and will resume at 9 […]
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Free admission to Wright Brothers National Memorial on Veterans Day, Nov. 11
To celebrate Veterans Day, entrance fees will be waived at Wright Brothers National Memorial, and other fee-collecting parks across the country, on Monday, November 11. The Wright Brothers National Memorial will also waive its entry fee on December 17, the 120th Anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first flight.